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            <p>The Index Fungorum, the global fungal nomenclator coordinated and 
              supported by the <a href=javascript:popUp("Names/IndexFungorumPartnership.htm") onMouseOver="MM_displayStatusMsg('Index Fungorum Partnership');return document.MM_returnValue" onMouseout="MM_displayStatusMsg('');return document.MM_returnValue">Index 
              Fungorum Partnership</a> (<a href="http://www.cabi.org">CABI</a> 
              and <a href="http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/">Landcare Research-NZ</a>), 
              contains names of fungi (including yeasts, lichens, chromistan fungal 
              analogues, protozoan fungal analogues and fossil forms) at all ranks. 
              Funding from <a href="http://www.gbif.org" target="_blank">GBIF</a> 
              (2003-2004) under the ECAT work programme enabled the addition of 
              most missing author citations and year of publication and the linking 
              of most homotypic names. This work continues and it is anticipated 
              to be complete by the end of 2012. New names from the <a href="http://www.cabi.org/AbstractDatabases.asp?PID=514" target="_blank">Index 
              of Fungi</a>, compiled at CABI-UK and published by <a href="http://www.cabi.org" target="_blank">CABI</a>, 
              are added every three months. In addition, names deposited with 
              MycoBank are incorporated in Index Fungorum as they are released. 
              Further, in anticipation of changes to the next edition of the ICBN 
              relating to registration of names and following the lead taken by 
              MycoBank, Index Fungorum now provides a mechanism to <a href="Names/IndexFungorumRegister.htm">register 
              names</a> of new taxa, new names and new combinations at &#8212; 
              no login is required, a captcha effectively excludes spammers.</p>
            <p><a href="http://www.speciesfungorum.org">Species Fungorum</a> is 
              currently a CABI-UK coordinated initiative to compile a global checklist 
              of the fungi. You may search a small but growing number of taxonomically 
              complete datasets - <a href="http://www.speciesfungorum.org/GSD/Gsdquery.asp">global 
              species databases</a> - or the entire <a href="http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp">Species 
              Fungorum</a>. Species Fungorum contributes the fungal component 
              to the <a href="http://www.species2000.org/" target="_blank">Species 
              2000</a> project and, in partnership with <a href="http://www.itis.usda.gov" target="_blank">ITIS</a>, 
              to the <a href="http://catalogueoflife.org">Catalogue of Life</a> 
              (currently used in the <a href="http://www.gbif.net" target="_blank">GBIF</a> 
              and <a href="http://eol.org">EoL</a> portal); for more information 
              regarding these global initiative visit their websites. Please contact 
              <a href="mailto:p.kirk@cabi.org">Paul Kirk</a> if you you would 
              like to contribute to Species Fungorum.</p>
            <p><a href="http://www.cabi.org/bk_BookDisplay.asp?PID=2112" target="_blank">The 
              Dictionary of the Fungi</a> (currently 10th edition, 2008) published 
              by <a href="http://www.cabi.org" target="_blank">CABI</a> also contains 
              the current consensus on the fungal taxonomic hierarchy to the rank 
              of genus. You can <a href="http://speciesfungorum.org/Names/fundic.asp">search 
              the database</a> for the status of generic names, or walk down the 
              hierarchy from the rank of <i>Kingdom</i>. The entries for each 
              genus generally include authors and place of publication together 
              with the type species (linked to Index Fungorum) and other data.</p>
            <p>The <a href="http://www.cabi.org/AbstractDatabases.asp?PID=515" target="_blank">Bibliography 
              of Systematic Mycology</a>, compiled at CABI-UK and published by 
              <a href="http://www.cabi.org" target="_blank">CABI</a>, provides 
              a survey of the literature encompassing the biodiversity, classification, 
              distribution, evolution, identification, nomenclature, phylogeny, 
              systematics and taxonomy of fungi (as defined in the first paragraph). 
              You can <a href="http://www.speciesfungorum.org/BSM/bsm.htm">search 
              the database</a> using the index of cited generic names or author 
              names.</p>
            <p>All these databases need to be improved and updated in terms of 
              data content. Please contact <a href="mailto:p.kirk@cabi.org">Paul 
              Kirk</a> if you have any additions or suggested changes (which will 
              be acknowledged). The database structures have been developed by 
              Jerry Cooper and Paul Kirk and the web interface by Jerry Cooper. 
              Please contact <a href="mailto:p.kirk@cabi.org">Paul Kirk</a> if 
              you have any problems with pages or database searches.</p>
            <p><b>NB. Searching the databases requires 'cookies' to be enabled 
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